Cultural Freedom Prize
The Prize for Cultural Freedom was established to recognize people whose extraordinary and courageous work celebrates the human right to freedom of imagination, inquiry, and expression. As defined by the foundation, cultural freedom is the right of individuals and communities to define and protect valued and diverse ways of life currently threatened by globalization. The foundation established the Prize for Cultural Freedom in 1999.
We invite you to learn more about each of the extraordinary individuals who have been awarded the Prize for Cultural Freedom.
Applications and nominations for the cultural freedom prize will not be accepted.
2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Robert Fisk
Lannan Foundation announced that it has awarded its 2006 Lifetime Achievement Prize for Cultural Freedom to the British journalist and author Robert Fisk.
2005 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Dr. Cornel West
Cornel West, American scholar and philosopher, awarded the 2005 Prize for Cultural Freedom.
2003 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Dr. Helen Caldicott
Lannan Foundation announced that it has awarded its 2003 Prize for Cultural Freedom to the physician and activist Helen Caldicott.
2002 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Arundhati Roy
Lannan Foundation has awarded its 2002 Prize for Cultural Freedom to the writer and activist Arundhati Roy of Delhi, India.
2001 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Mahmoud Darwish
Lannan Foundation awarded Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and human rights advocate, the foundation’s 2001 Prize for Cultural Freedom.
2000 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Claudia Andujar
Lannan Foundation has awarded its 2000 Cultural Freedom Prize to Claudia Andujar.
1999 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Eduardo Galeano
Lannan Foundation awarded the 1999 Cultural Freedom Prize to Eduardo Galeano.